manipulate
pronunciation
How to pronounce manipulate in British English:
UK [məˈnɪpjuleɪt]
How to pronounce manipulate in American English:
US [məˈnɪpjuleɪt]
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- Verb:
- influence or control shrewdly or deviously
- hold something in one's hands and move it
- fake or falsify
- manipulate in a fraudulent manner
- control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage
- treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed
Word Origin
- manipulate
- manipulate: see manual
- manipulate (v.)
- 1827, "to handle skillfully by hand," a back-formation from manipulation. Of mental influence, from 1864. Financial sense is from 1870. In mid-20c., it served as a euphemism for "masturbation." Related: Manipulated; manipulating.
Example
- 1. For example , does the board want the ceo to manipulate stock price or earnings ?
- 2. At the atomic level , you could manipulate cells and heal people .
- 3. Many publishers and entrepreneurs are known to manipulate the metrics they release to the public .
- 4. You can write programs that manipulate them .
- 5. A credit crunch is harder to manipulate .